SCHWARZ, SILKE

Silke Schwarz studied at the Freiburg Musikhochschule with Beata Heuer-Christen, Gerd Heinz and Hans-Peter Müller. In 1997 she won the Bruno Frey Prize for young musicians and was a prize-winner in the 2000 Berlin VDMK Federal Singing Competition, taking first prize in 2001 in the Paula Salomon Lindberg Competition for contemporary and romantic song and in the 2002 Würzburg Mozart Festival Competition, with further triumphs in Berlin and Vienna, and scholarships and awards in Freiburg. She has appeared in international festivals in Germany and abroad in a wide repertoire, with stage rôles ranging from Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro to Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia, Mimì and Musetta in La bohème, Adina in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and Rosario in Granados’s Goyescas. Her recordings include works by Mozart, Mahler and Rheinberger.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
SCHUBERT, F.: Lied Edition 32 - Part Songs, Vol. 1	8.570961
SCHUBERT, F.: Lied Edition 33 - Part Songs, Vol. 2	8.570962